tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87248445720286706372018-03-05T10:01:37.264-08:00awaken something'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15922293269527510299noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-15676258377625557572009-10-18T15:07:00.000-07:002009-10-18T17:26:35.706-07:00It's time.<div>For the last few weeks, this is what I've been feeling:<br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/StuSOUxbcyI/AAAAAAAAARw/OrMXfXN-RQc/s1600-h/tumblr_kron23NB8F1qzasv4o1_400.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/StuSOUxbcyI/AAAAAAAAARw/OrMXfXN-RQc/s320/tumblr_kron23NB8F1qzasv4o1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394065753498153762" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But I've decided it's time. The launch of the newer and much better blog. </div><div>Sorry blogspot. I've converted to the pressing of words.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://awakensomething.wordpress.com/">And here it is. </a> </div><div><br /></div></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916955964933960498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-68151079865365986422009-10-05T17:28:00.000-07:002009-10-05T17:55:18.363-07:00Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Another Church Leader<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/SsqUJaeeP2I/AAAAAAAAARg/Cq2lv677hvM/s1600-h/7708.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/SsqUJaeeP2I/AAAAAAAAARg/Cq2lv677hvM/s320/7708.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389282793549086562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do I take my freedom to read a Bible for granted? Need to pray for those around the world </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">who are not free to read, let alone hold a Bible</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; "><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dateline"><span class="dateline" style=" ;"><span class="citydate_b" style=" font-weight: bold; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Story from </span></span><a href="http://www.compassdirect.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Compass Direct News:</span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NAIROBI, Kenya, October 1</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (CDN) — </span></span></span></span></span><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_body"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Islamic militants in Somalia this week killed a woman who led an underground Christian movement in the war-torn country. <br /> <br />Sources told Compass that a leader of Islamic extremist </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">al Shabaab </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">militia in Lower Juba identified only as Sheikh Arbow shot to death 46-year-old Mariam Muhina Hussein at 2 p.m. on Monday (Sept. 28) in Marerey village after discovering she had six Bibles. Marerey is eight kilometers (five miles) from Jilib, part of the neighboring Middle Juba region. <br /> <br />Local sources said that on Sunday (Sept. 27) Arbow sent his wife to the house of Hussein, a Somali Bantu, to confirm the presence of the Bibles. Pretending to be interested in Christianity, the militia leader’s wife confirmed the existence of the Bibles. <br /> <br />The sources said Hussein readily agreed to discuss Christianity with Arbow’s wife and read parts of the Bible with her. When Arbow’s wife requested one of the Bibles, however, Hussein demurred. <br /> <br />“She told her that it might not be safe for her, preferring instead that she could visit her regularly for discussions,” said one source. “She then left and promised to visit again soon.” <br /> <br />The next day, Arbow arrived at Hussein’s house with other men and, in a friendly manner, claimed that he wanted to check something in the Bible. Knowing only that Arbow was a fellow ethnic Somali Bantu and having met his wife the previous day, Hussein innocently gave one to him, sources said. <br /> <br />“Immediately, Arbow told her that their mission was to look for Christians who have defiled the Islamic religion,” a source said. “There and then she lacked words to say. She was ordered to get the other Bibles out, and she did.” <br /> <br />Upon receiving the Bibles, sources said, Arbow fired three bullets at Hussein, who died instantly.<br /> <br />The Bibles were published in Swahili; besides this East African </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lingua franca</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Bantus in Lower Juba also speak Kiswahili. <br /> <br />Compass has confirmed the killing with various sources in Nairobi and Somalia who cannot be identified for security reasons. <br /> <br />Hussein’s death comes a few weeks after the rebel militants killed another one of the leaders of Somalia’s Christian movement for distributing Bibles. </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Al shabaab </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">militants shot 69-year-old Omar Khalafe on Sept. 15 at a checkpoint they controlled 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Merca, a Christian source told Compass.<br /> <br /> <br /></span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Al Shabaab</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, said to have links with al Qaeda terrorists, controls much of southern parts of Somalia, as well as other areas of the nation. Besides striving to topple President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed’s Transitional Federal Government in Mogadishu, the militants also seek to impose </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sharia </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Islamic law).<br /> <br />In August </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">al Shabaab </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">extremists seeking evidence that a Somali man had converted from Islam to Christianity shot him dead near the Somali border with Kenya, sources said. The rebels killed 41-year-old Ahmed Matan in Bulahawa, Somalia on Aug. 18.<br /> <br />In Mahadday Weyne, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">al Shabaab</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Islamists on July 20 shot to death another convert from Islam, Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman, at 7 a.m., eyewitnesses told Compass. The militants also reportedly beheaded seven Christians on July 10. Reuters reported that they were killed in Baidoa for being Christians and “spies.” <br /> <br />On Feb. 21 </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">al shabaab </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">militants beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader, according to Musa Mohammed Yusuf, the 55-year-old father who was living in a Kenya refugee camp when he spoke with Compass. </span></span></span></span>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916955964933960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-52830873635625941592009-09-29T20:59:00.000-07:002009-09-29T22:18:19.817-07:00insight<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">There's a power in poverty </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">That breaks principalities<br />And brings the authorities </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Down to their knees<br />There's a brewing frustration </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And ageless temptation<br />To fight for control by some manipulation<br /><br />The God of the Kingdoms and the God of the Nations<br />The God of creation </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sends this revelation<br />Through the homeless and penniless</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jesus the son<br />The poor will inherit the Kingdom to come<br /><br />Where will we turn </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">When our world falls apart<br />And all of the treasures we've stored in our barns<br />Can't buy the Kingdom of God<br />Who will we praise when we've praised all our lives<br />Men who build kingdoms </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And men who build fame<br />But heaven does not know their names<br />What will we fear when all that remains<br />Is God on his throne, with a child in his arms </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And love in his eyes<br />And the sound of his heart cries</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">J. Upton</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916955964933960498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-65296569378856278872009-09-24T16:31:00.000-07:002009-09-24T16:33:38.986-07:00beggars<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">all you great men of power, you who boast of your feats-<div>politicians and entrepreneurs-</div><div>can you safeguard your breath in the night while you sleep?</div><div>keep your heart beating steady and sure?</div><div>as your lie in your bed, does the thought haunt your head</div><div>that you're really, rather small?</div><div>if there's one thing i know in this life: we are beggars all.</div><div><br /></div><div>all you champions of science and rulers of men,</div><div>can you summon the sun from its sleep?</div><div>does the earth seek your counsel on how fast to spin?</div><div>can you shut up the gates of the deep?</div><div>don't you know that all things hang, as if by a string,</div><div>over the darkness- poised to fall?</div><div>if there's one things i know in this life: we are beggars all.</div><div><br /></div><div>all you big shots that swagger and stride with conceit,</div><div>did you devise how your frame would be formed?</div><div>if you'd be raised in a palace, or live out in the streets?</div><div>did you choose the place or the hour you'd be born?</div><div>tell me what can you claim? not a thing- not your name.</div><div>tell me if you can recall,</div><div>just one thing, that's not a gift in this life?</div><div><br /></div><div>can you hear what's been said?</div><div>can you see now that everything is grace after all?</div><div>if there's one things I know in this life: we are beggars all.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">d. kensrue '09</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div>via <a href="http://ctspahn.blogspot.com/">acacia.rainshadow</a></div></span>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916955964933960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-80686358103104482492009-09-23T17:55:00.000-07:002009-09-24T17:04:45.725-07:00No Words Needed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/SrrEKSBJohI/AAAAAAAAAQo/MvFxgsHJ9Nc/s1600-h/deathpenalty11.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/SrrEKSBJohI/AAAAAAAAAQo/MvFxgsHJ9Nc/s320/deathpenalty11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384831985389249042" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916955964933960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-56481645634100220842009-09-17T12:40:00.000-07:002009-09-17T14:20:23.189-07:00International Day of Prayer : Nov. 8th<div>But we don't have to wait until then to start praying. Duh. <br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>It's good to <a href="http://members.opendoorsusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=IDOP08">pray for persecuted Christians</a> in general... but let's try to be specific too. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There's so much going on in so many places. But we have to start somewhere.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is some recent information that I read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria">Nigeria:</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> In a country where tribal living still exists, whole Christian villages have been burned down and destroyed by Muslim radicals. Nigerian Christians not only worry about lack of food, education, and resources, but they are also under significant pressure to convert to Islam or be killed. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Twelve northern states have imposed Islamic law in the past eight years, and there have been repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence, claiming many lives. More than 100 Christians were killed during 2008 and the destruction of many churches and kidnapping of believers continued through the year. In November of 2008, communal violence in the city of Jos resulted in six pastors killed, 40 churches destroyed, and 369 Christians critically injured. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> There is much bribery and severe corruption in Nigeria. For instance: recently, the former Governor of the state came to a small Christian village in northern Nigeria. The Christians there are constantly struggling with poverty, so the Governor brought money, cloth, and other material benefits. However, he offered all of this to the village on the condition that they become Muslims.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>'Since there is poverty here, that was a real temptation for us,' a Christian told Open Doors. 'But we declined [the offer]... we try to remember that it is better to remain poor and cling to our faith than to have riches and betray our beliefs.'</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">What I can pray about for Nigeria....</span></div><div><br /></div><div>:: For comfort and healing for those caught up in the violence</div><div>:: That in the midst of poverty and harsh circumstances, the joy and purpose of the truth would be evident to the Christians in Nigeria</div><div>:: For Christian parents raising their children in a society dominated by Islam, especially for the spouses of widows and murdered pastors. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">repurposed via </span><a href="http://members.opendoorsusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=IDOP08"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Open Doors prayer points bulletin</span></a></div></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916955964933960498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-39175846518439179552009-09-16T10:08:00.000-07:002009-09-17T13:51:39.091-07:00Restoring Eden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/SrKhRPa_6MI/AAAAAAAAAQY/Kxyqf0TupCo/s1600-h/29414876.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/SrKhRPa_6MI/AAAAAAAAAQY/Kxyqf0TupCo/s320/29414876.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382541822230784194" /></a><div>Postmodern thought or just hippie christians... or both... what do you think?<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8kX5H_dOS_Q/SrEboszTpOI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/s45KDQ8uv54/s1600-h/29414876.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></a><div>Either way, I think the idea of <a href="http://restoringeden.org/">RestoringEden</a> is pretty neat.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>photo via <a href="http://twitpic.com/hignw">FlowerDust</a><br /></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916955964933960498noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-46693120259159740952009-09-10T13:37:00.000-07:002009-09-15T14:28:53.403-07:00words of true humility from Dorothy Day<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;">"The only way to live in any true security is to live so close to the bottom</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> that when you fall you do not have far to drop, you do not have much to lose."</span></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://whosoeverdesires.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/day-fitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://whosoeverdesires.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/day-fitch.jpg" border="0" src="http://whosoeverdesires.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/day-fitch.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">quote via <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/category/verse-and-voice/">Verse and Voice</a>, photo via <a href="http://whosoeverdesires.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/dorothy-day-and-pedro-arrupe-atomic-transfiguration/">WhosoeverDesires</a><br /></span>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15922293269527510299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-30952219013188774192009-09-09T12:13:00.000-07:002009-09-17T14:13:09.882-07:00Pastor horrifically killed in Oklahoma<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px;font-family:Trebuchet;font-size:13;" ><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A 61-year-old pastor who <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">was killed on August 23 in a rural Oklahoma church was found lying behind the altar with her arms outstretched in a "crucifix position", according to various reports. This is just one of the latest details to emerge in the killing of Carol Daniels, whose nude body was found in the Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko, Oklahoma, in a crime scene the district attorney described as "horrific." Her clothes were taken from the scene, and a dissolving agent had been sprayed around her body. The coroner's report indicated that she had tried to fight off her attacker before her throat was slashed and she was nearly decapitated. Severe lacerations were found on her back, chest, hands, neck and stomach. Several of the wounds had been inflicted post-mortem – after she died. It is becoming obvious that this was far more than just a robbery gone wrong but that the attacker was enraged and his attack deliberate.</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Here is a brief interview with a couple members of her family.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;font-size:11;" ><script src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=int&amp;vid=/video/crime/2009/08/27/ng.pastor.killed.cnn" type="text/javascript"></script><noscript>Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a></noscript></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">via </span></span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://persecutedchurch.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">persecutedchurch</span></a>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15922293269527510299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-87167412158320724562009-09-08T13:59:00.001-07:002009-09-09T12:00:36.281-07:00Persecution in Orissa, India ... on-going<div><br /></div>This is something you can do to make a difference... and it will take you 3 minutes. Seriously. <div><br /></div><div>Watch the <a href="https://secure2.convio.net/ccod/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=181">Video on Orissa</a>, and then automatically e-mail a U.S Representative (it will be set up for you on the same page). </div><div><br /></div><div>This is the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1</span> year anniversary of Open Doors' Orissa Campaign, and I strongly urge you to take part. </div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15922293269527510299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-35430444217940058852009-09-07T14:19:00.000-07:002009-09-07T14:24:01.548-07:00If you have 6 minutes...<div><br /></div><div>The images are definitely real. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you have some time, watch it. And if you do, wait for the end... it's pretty grabbing. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><embed src="http://www.tangle.com/flash/swf/flvplayer.swf" flashvars="viewkey=c999ad735a62a52d92aa" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="330" height="270" name="tangle" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></span><br /></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15922293269527510299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-5945517332723686392009-09-07T13:48:00.001-07:002009-09-08T18:07:34.683-07:00Awaken Something<div><br /></div>The title of this blog seems abstract. <div><br /><div>It is.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>However, the point comes here: our culture is numb. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am numb.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The goal here is to awaken something. Some feeling. Some knowledge. Some awareness. Something. Anything. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Stories will be shared, movements will be made, and hopefully you, Reader, will engage. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As you may or may not know... right now, all over the world, people are suffering for their faith. They are being shunned, harassed, beaten, tortured, raped, and murdered. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And now, at this moment, I invite you to step into a world where something inside of you can be awakened by something. </div><div>Anything.</div></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15922293269527510299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724844572028670637.post-81098391490517263362009-09-01T22:15:00.000-07:002009-09-13T23:17:00.875-07:00los angeles firesintense. these happen all over the world, but i've never been so close. <br /><div></div><div></div><div>notice all the cars whizzing by on the freeway... not a care in the world... but look, the mountains are on fire.</div><div><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0qqxjO5nr8k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0qqxjO5nr8k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><div></div><div>people are losing their homes left and right. </div><div>reminds me of those all over the world that lose their homes from inflicted disaster rather than natural disaster.. </div><div></div><div>no thank you heat, but thank you firefighters and brave families.</div></div>'awaken'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15922293269527510299noreply@blogger.com3